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With numbers roughly the same for last year, between 1800 and 2000 people, this year the show had more events, more rides and more contributors than ever before.

A record number of horses took part in the arena, while the cookery and craft exhibits people from across the region entered the pieces en masse.

Show secretary Janelle MacDonald said she was overwhelmed with the amount of positive feedback staff received during the day.

“The people on the gate said they were constantly hearing from those leaving thanking them for such a great show and that they would come back again next year,” she said.

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Early uni offers hit right notes

A career in music looks bright for two Year 12 St Augustine’s students after they received early entry university offers two weeks ago.

Victoria Faith and Jaiden D’Angello received offers to attend JMC Creative Industries in South Melbourne to study a Bachelor of Music degree.

Victoria also received an offer from Oxygen College in Geelong to study music and business with a major in songwriting, which she has accepted, while Jaiden hopes to major in music performance at JMC.

Music teacher Rene Rankin said she was extremely proud of the girls’ achievements.

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Link nearly finished

Kyabram District Health Services new building upgrades are 75 per cent completed.

With an opening date set for November 20, the new $3.48 million building will link the two sections of the old hospital together to create one singular health service.

The first stage of the build includes the addition of 14 new consulting rooms, four treatment rooms, a new café, lounge and sitting area, relocation of planned activity group services and community health services, new physio facilities and gym, training spaces for doctors and nurses, a telehealth room and a new front main entry that provides access to all service through the hospital.

Hospital chief executive Peter Abraham said he was happy with the building’s progress, which has been ongoing for the past year, despite a few minor delays.

“It has been challenging at times, at the moment we are about a month-and-a-half behind our original schedule,” he said.

1994

Sarah’s a SunSmart student

St Patrick’s grade two student Sarah Fitzgerald certainly knows how to be SunSmart.

Sarah and her fellow students are well aware of the dangers of too much sun and always wear a wide-brimmed sunhat when outdoors and sunscreen to protect their skin.

St Patrick’s has become a SunSmart school, a trust awarded to the school by the Anti-cancer Council of Victoria.

To gain such accreditation, schools must integrate SunSmart activities into the policy, curriculum, physical environment and behaviours of the school community.

Staff at St Patricks believe the school has a tole in educating the children to make informed decisions about maintaining their health, and this philosophy is part of the health curriculum taught to all grades.

‘Sickening’ smell: Council demands answers

The continuing odours caused by the Bonlac factory at Stanhope came under heavy fire at Waranga Shire Council’s meeting on Tuesday.

Councillors described the smell as sickening and said the odours made it hard to live in Stanhope.

The problem of dumping of factory effluent on a property out the Nine Mile Rd from Rushworth also came under fire.

Council asked its Health Surveyor Mr Max Minard, to report on the salt content of effluent being discharged at the headwaters of the Nine Mile Creek.

Council will say it does not want to impose any hardship on Bonlac, but that the people in the shire should be protected from the odours.

Dinosaur at large in Haslem St,

Students from the school were able to size themselves up against a life-size Tyrannosaurus that measured 16m by 8m.

Dinosaurs at Large, a group based in New South Wales who visit schools and talk to children, so they get a sense of geological time and the nature of the dinosaur species.

Other visuals aides such as copies of fossil fragments are used to stimulate the children on the subject.

The staff are all palaeontologists and can give the children real insight.

1974

Talent quest success

Of 62 competitors at a recently conducted Numurkah talent quest, several Kyabram instrumentalists and vocalists won awards.

First prize in the 10 years and under Instrumental section was won by Sylvia Tennace, with second prize went to Dianne Jennings.

Shane Curtis was later presented with a silver cup for the most promising artist.

Shane has been playing the accordion professionally for three years and is presently tutored by Don Quattrocchi.

Shane, a student at the Kyabram High School, plans to study full time at the Academy of Music next year.

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David Gorr new Chamber President

“I know the work is done by a few people and I hope that these few people, along with some others, will continue to do this work.”

This was stated by Mr David Corr following his election as president of the Kyabram Chamber of Commerce at an annual meeting on Wednesday.

Mr Gorr urged all members to show a keener interest in the Chamber.

In his annual report to the meeting, retiring president Mr Kryan Hilton said the past six months had been a difficult period for all business people and felt that one way of easing the problem was for local traders to try and help each other as much as possible.

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Show to beat all shows

Excellent entries for a special Guernsey cattle section, attractions never seen before at Kyabram, and hopefully, a fine day, is all that is needed for a record-breaking 1974 Kyabram AH & P Society Show tomorrow.

Last minute entries for all sections, except horses, for this year’s Kyabram Show were being received on Wednesday by Show Secretary, Mrs Viv Anderson and a willing band of helpers.

Post-entries for the horse sections close on Saturday morning.

Mrs Anderson said the entries in the Guernsey Cattle Feature section were outstanding.

Show officials have been confronted with a tremendous demand for show space, both from district businesses, and metropolitan industrials firms.

The show has even attracted such organisations as the Natural Resources and Conservation League, which will offer information and sales of trees.